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. >>> in egypt, a rally by supporters of president mohamed morsi has been cancelled. overnight anti-government protesters clashed with police in cairo's tahrir square. they plan to press ahead with the demonstration today, demanding that morsi relent on his seizure of near absolute authority. he said the edict was temporary and only granted him limited authority. holly williams is in cairo. do we have any indication of what the president there is going to do? is he going to back down? >> good morning. well, president mohamed morsi is clearly trying to persuade people that he doesn't want to be a dictator. he met with a group of senior egyptian judges and he told them that his new immunity of the courts would only apply to sovereign matters. the problem with that is we don't know exactly what it means and it certainly won't be enough to satisfy his opponents. in fact, one of those judges described it as a frail statement. for president morsi's critics, they are still extremely angry about the series of decrees that he issued on thursday that give him greatly expanded p
. >>> in egypt, a rally by supporters of president mohamed morsi has been cancelled. overnight anti-government protesters clashed with police in cairo's tahrir square. they plan to press ahead with the demonstration today, demanding that morsi relent on his seizure of near absolute authority. he said the edict was temporary and only granted him limited authority. holly williams is in cairo. do we have any indication of what the president there is going to do? is he going to back down?...
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probably for those reasons president morsi is trying to sound conciliatory. yesterday he reiterated his new powers are temporary and he will relinquish them next year when egypt gets a new constitution and a new parliament. for many of his opponents, nothing will satisfy them short of the president immediately rescinding his decree. terrell? >> holly williams in cairo for us this morning, thank you so much. >>> back in this country, congress returns from its thanksgiving break today and negotiations are expected to resume on the so-called fiscal cliff. some republican lawmakers are talking compromise as they try to reach a deal to avoid the tax increases and spending cuts due to kick in early next year. susan mcginness is in washington with all details this morning. good morning to you. >> talks are starting on capitol hill this week amid new signs republicans are willing to take a new look at an anti-tax pledge they made. president obama and congress begin negotiations this week to avoid the coming fiscal cliff. about $600 billion in automatic tax hikes and
probably for those reasons president morsi is trying to sound conciliatory. yesterday he reiterated his new powers are temporary and he will relinquish them next year when egypt gets a new constitution and a new parliament. for many of his opponents, nothing will satisfy them short of the president immediately rescinding his decree. terrell? >> holly williams in cairo for us this morning, thank you so much. >>> back in this country, congress returns from its thanksgiving break...
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today she will be sitting down with the egyptian president morsi. she won't be dealing directly with hamas but essentially egypt is hamas's proxy as far as the u.s. is concerned in dealing with these negotiations. she will be putting a lot of pressure on them to essentially sign on to a cease-fire. >> so as of now, another day of conflict. what can we expect? what developments will we see today? >> reporter: everybody is watching this situation very closely. but after yesterday where we so, where we expected to hear an announcement last night i think everybody is a little bit skeptical about getting their hopes up. >> clarissa ward reporting from caro this morning. thank you. this morning two men wearing suicide vests attempted to attack a u.s. base in kabul, afghanistan. the bombers approached the base on foot and detonated their vests when police opened fire. an alarmist in a nearby embassy warnedm to take cover. the taliban says it is responsible. >>> secretary of defense leon panetta said the fight against terrorism will require an ongoing effor
today she will be sitting down with the egyptian president morsi. she won't be dealing directly with hamas but essentially egypt is hamas's proxy as far as the u.s. is concerned in dealing with these negotiations. she will be putting a lot of pressure on them to essentially sign on to a cease-fire. >> so as of now, another day of conflict. what can we expect? what developments will we see today? >> reporter: everybody is watching this situation very closely. but after yesterday...
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hundreds of thousands of protesters in cairo's tahrir square screamed for morsi to leave. another mass rally is planned for friday. today the cabinet meets to discuss the crisis. holly williams is in cairo with more. good morning. we saw a big escalation in these protests yesterday. what happened in tahrir square overnight and then again this morning? >> reporter: good morning. well the crowds are dispersed now but yesterday we saw scenes that were reminiscent of the egyptian revolution of two years ago. at tahrir square which you can see behind me the birth place of that revolution was carpeted in tens of thousands of people who poured in from every direction. they even chanted the same slogan they chanted during the revolution the people want the downfall of the regime. this time the target of their anger is not the old dictatorship but the country's first elected president, mohamed morsi who they accuse of overreaching himself before i assuming sweeping new powers. >> egypt and the u.s. have a very important relationship. what side is the obama administration taking in
hundreds of thousands of protesters in cairo's tahrir square screamed for morsi to leave. another mass rally is planned for friday. today the cabinet meets to discuss the crisis. holly williams is in cairo with more. good morning. we saw a big escalation in these protests yesterday. what happened in tahrir square overnight and then again this morning? >> reporter: good morning. well the crowds are dispersed now but yesterday we saw scenes that were reminiscent of the egyptian revolution...
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president morsi supporters are planning a demonstration there on saturday. that could spark violent clashes. holly williams, cbs news, cairo. >> today the united nations is expected to vote to recognize palestine as a sovereign state. the vote to give the palestinians a non-member observer status is opposed by the united states and israel. >> reporter: good morning. that vote will take place in the general assembly where there will be only observer status. to become a member you need u.n. security council and that won't happen because the u.s. will veto it. the u.s. and israel tried hard to get palestine not to go along with today's vote. but they are now down playing it it doesn't give palestine what it wants. it's quiet this morning outside the u.n. but demonstrators are expected to protest the vote on palestinian recognition. palestinians are seeking status as a nonmember observer. palestinians say they need u.n. recognition of a palestinian state in the west bank in order to get israel back to the negotiating table. the u.s. insists on direct negotiation
president morsi supporters are planning a demonstration there on saturday. that could spark violent clashes. holly williams, cbs news, cairo. >> today the united nations is expected to vote to recognize palestine as a sovereign state. the vote to give the palestinians a non-member observer status is opposed by the united states and israel. >> reporter: good morning. that vote will take place in the general assembly where there will be only observer status. to become a member you...